{"product_id":"shot-on-location-postwar-american-cinema-and-the-exploration-of-real-place-hardback-9780813564098","title":"Shot on Location; Postwar American Cinema and the Exploration of Real Place (Hardback) 9780813564098","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShot on Location\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePostwar American Cinema and the Exploration of Real Place\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. Barton Palmer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813564098\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 February 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e290 pages, 31 photographs\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“A tremendously important advance in our understanding of landscape, cityscape, and place in postwar American cinema, among the most innovative current work in film and media studies, American studies, English literature, and cultural geography.”\u003c\/div\u003e - Mark Shiel (author of Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A well-documented, clearly written study that enhances understanding of an important trend that still resonates today… Recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Like the tenacious investigators of the post-war semi-documentaries he analyzes (among many other genres and films), Palmer delivers a probing, conceptually sophisticated, multi-faceted, sensitively written account of Hollywood’s return to location shooting. A major achievement that overturns the historical consensus.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Matthew Bernstein (author of Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eShot on Location\u003c\/i\u003e provides clear evidence that Hollywood's approach to location shooting was in many ways influenced by Europe both in the philosophy of the filmmakers and in the strategies through which the footage was used to add a sense of authenticity....\u003ci\u003eShot on Location\u003c\/i\u003e is a worthy contribution to film history, as it furthers the connections between disparate but exciting facets of film history.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (The Velvet Light Trap) \u003cdiv\u003e“A tremendously important advance in our understanding of landscape, cityscape, and place in postwar American cinema, among the most innovative current work in film and media studies, American studies, English literature, and cultural geography.”\u003c\/div\u003e - Mark Shiel (author of Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A well-documented, clearly written study that enhances understanding of an important trend that still resonates today… Recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Like the tenacious investigators of the post-war semi-documentaries he analyzes (among many other genres and films), Palmer delivers a probing, conceptually sophisticated, multi-faceted, sensitively written account of Hollywood’s return to location shooting. A major achievement that overturns the historical consensus.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Matthew Bernstein (author of Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent) \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eShot on Location\u003c\/i\u003e provides clear evidence that Hollywood's approach to location shooting was in many ways influenced by Europe both in the philosophy of the filmmakers and in the strategies through which the footage was used to add a sense of authenticity....\u003ci\u003eShot on Location\u003c\/i\u003e is a worthy contribution to film history, as it furthers the connections between disparate but exciting facets of film history.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (The Velvet Light Trap)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn the early days of filmmaking, before many of Hollywood’s elaborate sets and soundstages had been built, it was common for movies to be shot on location. Decades later, Hollywood filmmakers rediscovered the practice of using real locations and documentary footage in their narrative features. Why did this happen? What caused this sudden change?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Renowned film scholar R. Barton Palmer answers this question in \u003ci\u003eShot on Location\u003c\/i\u003e by exploring the historical, ideological, economic, and technological developments that led Hollywood to head back outside in order to capture footage of real places. His groundbreaking research reveals that wartime newsreels had a massive influence on postwar Hollywood film, although there are key distinctions to be made between these movies and their closest contemporaries, Italian neorealist films. Considering how these practices were used in everything from war movies like \u003ci\u003eTwelve O’Clock High \u003c\/i\u003eto westerns like \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e, Palmer explores how the blurring of the formal boundaries between cinematic journalism and fiction lent a “reality effect” to otherwise implausible stories.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShot on Location \u003c\/i\u003edescribes how the period’s greatest directors, from Alfred Hitchcock to Billy Wilder, increasingly moved beyond the confines of the studio. At the same time, the book acknowledges the collaborative nature of moviemaking, identifying key roles that screenwriters, art designers, location scouts, and editors played in incorporating actual geographical locales and social milieus within a fictional framework. Palmer thus offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how Hollywood transformed the way we view real spaces. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Real History, Real Cinema\u003cbr\u003e 1. Filming the Transitory World We Live In\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Postwar Turn toward the Real\u003cbr\u003e 3. Of Backdrops and Place: \u003ci\u003eThe Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Sunset Blvd.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. An American Neorealism?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Noir on Location\u003cbr\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eRamparts We Watch\u003c\/i\u003e: Legacies\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Authentic Banality\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559335850264,"sku":"9780813564098","price":123.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shot-on-location-postwar-american-cinema-and-the-exploration-of-real-place-hardback-9780813564098","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}